> I am sure we tested exactly this construction with a screen reader user
> some
> years ago, and that they coped ok. The WCAG say that the content has to be
> understandable, not that it has to be understandable the first time it is
> read in a linearised manner. I'm not sure there is a better way to
> construct
> this type of content than what you already have.
>
> Your website is very similar to an FTP client insofar as they also have two
> lists of items and two buttons to move them from one side to the other.
> Plenty of screen reader users manage to use this functionality with no
> difficulty.
>
> Steve Green
> Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
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> Subject: [WebAIM] 1.3.2 meaningful sequence
>
> An example:
> Html consists of two lists of names with corresponding checkboxes - the
> first list consists of potential people who can be added to the second
> list.
> The second list are the people who have already been added. The two lists
> come one after another in the DOM, yet they are visually presented
> side-by-side by css float. In between the two lists, both in the DOM and
> visually are two buttons - one button adds an entry from the first list to
> the second list, while the other button causes an entry already added to
> the
> second list to be removed from it and placed back in the first list. I was
> concerned about the fact that the remove button, which would need to be
> clicked after choosing from the second list, comes before that list in the
> DOM. In order to clarify things, we added a short explanation of how the
> whole thing works. Technically, the DOM sequence matches the visual
> sequence, yet visually it is easier to pick up on the fact that the buttons
> "drag" names from one list to the other. The client is unwilling to change
> the position of the buttons. Are we in violation of WCAG here, specifically
> 1.3.2<
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20101014/content-s
> tructure-separation-sequence.html<http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20101014/content-s%0Atructure-separation-sequence.html&gt;
> >,
> or any other criterion> more importantly, does a screen reader user stand a
> reasonable chance to understand how to operate the lists?
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback.
>
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> adam solomon
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>